Off to a thrilling start–the Nebraska Wind Symphony presents the first concert of their 49th season: “Through the Looking Glass”
Sunday, October 19th | 7:30 PM
Strauss Performing Arts Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Dr. Joshua Kearney, Music Director, NWS
Keith Davis, Associate Music Director, NWS
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
The Nebraska Wind Symphony welcomes you to embark on a wonderful season of music and community lead by music director Josh Kearney and associate musical director Keith Davis. Throughout the season NWS will be joined by guests conductors and musicians from our local community and beyond. NWS’s first program of this season is an exhilarating and imaginative voyage filled with classics and lesser known gems. NWS invites audiences to come aboard and journey through the looking glass…
The program opens with Malcom Arnold’s “Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo.” The suite is a charming tour through folk-like soundscapes, featuring lush melodies, with the final energetic rondo propelling listeners into the next selection: “All the Pretty Horses” by Anne McGinty. McGinty arranges a folk lullaby into a delicate and sensitive rendition, evoking a lyrical, dreamlike atmosphere. Next, comes a striking change as the journey continues, with the rousing march, “The Thunderer” by the march king, John Philip Sousa. Ira Hearshen’s “After ‘The Thunderer,'" follows the march, painting a resplendent emergence from the storm. The mood and musical color transform with a movement entitled “Spiritual” from Robert Russell Bennet’s iconic “Symphonic Songs for Band.” Lively characters then join the mix with Franz Von Suppe’s tuneful “Poet and Peasant Overture,” a selection of music from a larger operetta arranged for the band. The piece evokes the adventure, playfulness, love, and humor found in the original work. Finally the voyage ends safely ashore with the lovely, Caribbean influenced, “Beguine for Band” by Glen Osser, a rare gem audiences are sure to enjoy.
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